{"id":99,"date":"2017-03-24T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T00:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.74.50.173\/2017\/03\/office-of-naval-research-shows-new-navy.html"},"modified":"2019-09-03T08:20:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T15:20:37","slug":"office-of-naval-research-shows-new-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2017\/03\/office-of-naval-research-shows-new-navy.html","title":{"rendered":"Office of Naval Research shows new Navy BAE railgun test"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Office of Naval Research and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, conduct the first shot of the Railgun at the terminal range November 17, 2016.<\/p>

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There are also current tests of with an Army Howitzer is now firing a super high-speed, high-tech, electromagnetic Hyper Velocity Projectile.<\/p>\n

Hypervelocity projectiles from regular howitzers and navy 5 inch guns would be mach 3 and have 60 to 100 mile range.
\nFull railguns are mach 6 to mach 10 weapons with a range up to 250 miles.
\nRegular navy guns with regular shells have to 10-35 mile range.<\/p>\n

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